Finding Common Ground in Freedom to Marry Debate

May 27, 2009

San Francisco ChronicleMay 27, 2009Critics fail to see that arguments for recognizing the freedom to marry and protecting religious liberty share a common foundation. Both the right to marry and the right to practice a religion are basic autonomy rights. We protect them both because they reflect core aspects of a person's identity and involve important, self-defining decisions that belong as a right to each individual. [link]

Freedom to Marry was the campaign to win marriage nationwide. With the Supreme Court victory on June 26, 2015, the work of this strategic campaign – though not the larger movement – was achieved, and Freedom to Marry wound down its operations, closing in early 2016. For inquiries, please email legacy@freedomtomarry.org.